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The number of people who have died in hospital in the UK after contracting coronavirus has risen by 763. The death toll has increased to 18,100 from 17,337 at the same point yesterday, according to the latest update from the Department of Health. The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has risen by 4,451 to 133,495 from 129,044 at ...

Coronavirus vaccine researchers in London are asking for volunteers to take part in human trials in June. A team at Imperial College London has been carrying out tests on animals since February and has secured government funding to fast-track its work. “We are looking for volunteers to take part in our trial in June — they will be the first ...

London, Apr 21 : The number of people who have died in UK hospitals after contracting coronavirus is now 17,337. The death toll has increased by 828 from 16,509 at the same point yesterday, according to the latest update from the Department of Health. The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has risen by 4,301 to 129,044 from 124,743 ...

Photo : Handout photo issued by UK Parliament of chamber rehearsals ahead of the reconvening the House of Commons and House of Lords following the Easter recess, in London. Britain’s Parliament is going back to work, and the political authorities have a message for lawmakers: Stay away. U.K. legislators and most parliamentary staff were sent home in late March as ...

The charter flights departed for London from Dhaka carrying 269 British travellers. The British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson and Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen were present at the Shahjalal International Airport to observe the return process and speak with departing British travellers. Earlier on 18 April, the British High Commission to Bangladesh announced four charter flights (21, ...

The UK is gearing up to use the blood of coronavirus survivors to treat hospital patients ill with the disease. NHS Blood and Transplant is asking some people who recovered from Covid-19 to donate blood so they can potentially assess the therapy in trials.The hope is that the antibodies they have built up will help to clear the virus in ...

With coronavirus cases around the world now at over 2.4 million, scientists have been frantically working to develop a vaccine. This week, researchers at the University of Oxford have started human trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in the UK. Professor Adrian Hill, Director of the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford: “Vaccines are being designed from scratch and progressed ...

Concerns have been raised that updated government guidance on personal protective equipment (PPE) could put hospital staff and patients at risk. Healthcare workers have been advised to reuse gowns or wear different kit if stocks in England run low.Unions representing doctors and nurses have expressed concerns about the updated Public Health England guidance, BBC reported. It comes as the UK ...

Parks and cemeteries must remain open and family can attend loved ones’ funerals, Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick has said. Speaking at Number 10, he said “people need parks” but they must observe social distancing and not congregate in groups. He also announced an extra £1.6bn for local councils in England. And the ethnicity of victims will be recorded, ...